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Its legislation is simply Slavery in statutes, Slavery in chapters, Slavery in sections, with an enacting clause.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Its legislation is simply Slavery in statutes, Slavery in chapters, Slavery in sections, with an enacting clause.”
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Sumner critiques the legal framework as being entirely composed of pro-slavery statutes.
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